Everything on the left (except Tux) is terrible today and that's fine, things evolve. It would be fun to see modern versions of each of those logos though.
I was so in love with Pidgin for a while that I even made a mock-up for how to improve it. I think I still have blog posts up about it.
Including Tux, they look like they’re from the 90s (probably because they are). I’m glad we don’t see much of the branding mascots anymore, even Tux isn’t really heard of now.
All the mascots retired into SuperTuxKart.
Firefox 3 was published in 2008. This post is 16 years old.
Gnu, Firefox, and gcc are not terrible
I still use pidgin and finch.... They're admittedly wonky but the only way I've figured out how to get a lightweight client for m$ teams (need for work..)
I think they just meant the logos are terrible, rather than the software
I used pidgin all the time about 10 years ago for MSN. Has it changed?
I love pidgin, I'd still use it if they'd support OMEMO, OTR being outdated and all.
How dare you to hate on Wilber and Gnu. Thoose look better than tux imo
WHERE IS THE FUCKING LINK TO IT????
Hate to say it but its a parody. Link
Right side are all icons for the default apps that come with the OS, the left side are all apps that are independent from one another. A fairer comparison would be to use the icons for default apps for Mint for example, and...
If you scream you die.
One does not talk about the sandwich
Ill take soulless thanks. Those terrible icons need to stay in 2004.
As a graphic designer, I would argue Apple's designs are woefully behind on the times.
Yes, minimalist design isn’t necessarily soulless.
I think both of these are fine. Certainly way better than most App icons on Android.
I like the wonky icons on the left a lot. GNU is so unreasonably ugly, I can't not love it.
You mean you don't like the stoned Buffalo?
"Freelance artist for hire. Furry commissions and FOSS project logs a specialty."
Some GNU projects have amazing official logos:
https://www.gnu.org/graphics/package-logos.html
I like pascal especially.Rcutils is literally two turtles fucking lmao
I like Nano's
Actually, I kinda like definition of fossy things being soul(ful?) vs soulless megacorp software. Even tho people are being both, the latter seem ... at least selfish, lych-like perhaps.
The left are handmade and the right, a employee got promoted for getting some Getty Images licensed.
